@RailwayMagazine Senior Correspondent. Married to @Movingonup19. 'Dad' to Greek cat Ariel. Aspiring novelist. Ex-BBC, ITV and ILR journalist.
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Graeme Pickering retweeted
So that's @My_Metro longest distance single journey completed.
0946 St James - South Shields 1113
(full length of the 🟡 line)
🌍31mi 32ch
⏰1hr 27min
📍40 intermediate stops
🚉555017
I still miss not getting the "Drivers View" like on the old units
Graeme Pickering retweeted
The post-Deltic era at Kings Cross, just after 0900 on Saturday 21st January 1984. A wide-angle view of 2x Generators (47409 on the left & 416 on the right, flanking 47063. I can't find any gen for any of them on that day - can anybody fill in the blanks?
#FortySevensOnFriday
🤖 Made with AI
Graeme Pickering retweeted
Friends! Yesterday Mum took me to the Vet for a check-up. She is a bit concerned that I have lost weight despite eating a lot, and my coat has got a bit scruffy. She suspects thyroid issues and I might need some medicine. I’ve had some blood tests. I’ll let you know what the results are. Percy, my Deputy, knew I wasn’t keen to go, and offered to go in my place. That’s dedication for you! ❤️
Graeme Pickering retweeted
Long and thin is how we cut Tommys food, as it makes it easier for him to eat solids. He can push it all the way to his cheek teeth as you can see in the video 🐿🩶🐿
Graeme Pickering retweeted
MANCHESTER PICCADILLY: 86103
'Andre Chapelon' awaits release from the P5 blocks. The loco appears to have been relatively recently repainted in executive livery. I'm going to put this around early 1986.
Graeme Pickering retweeted
Rolf report 22 Oct: As they say, ‘build it and they will come’. In my case if you properly construct a cat nest - it doesn’t take much work: usually a well scrunched blanket plus some other soft surfaces - then Rolf will come. Simples. Rolf x
Graeme Pickering retweeted
Intercity Cross Country, a 47/8 up front with a rake of Mk2s. I can just hear this thundering past. So where are we going today? Happy times.
#Class47 #Duff #InterCity #CrossCountry
Graeme Pickering retweeted
❤️🐈😍 Goodnight to all my fur friends sweet dreams 💤 love from Rusty 😍🐈❤️
#CatsOfTwitter
Graeme Pickering retweeted
Can anyone answer us this…
Teddy has abandoned his massive memory foam bed for a tiny plastic bowl on the window ledge.
Is he just a cat, or are we missing something?
#StandTall #PCTeddy #MerpolMounted #PoliceCat #IfTeddyFitsHeSits
Graeme Pickering retweeted
Fall was your season, sweet Kevy.🍂🍁As soon as the heat came on, you would settle in to your fave spot by the fireplace and purr happily. Miss mew and Skippy so much. We wish we could hear those cozy little purrs again. 🌈
#ThrowbackThursday
#SNELovesPets
Graeme Pickering retweeted
Book on go across to station grab my envoy start to walk back hear the unmistakable sound of a 37 opening up at Kettering South junction 37425 Concrete bob heads 3Q29 derby rtc to derby rtc via the world #Tractortuesday
Graeme Pickering retweeted
56090 & 56113 top n tail the RHTT passing through P6 at Crewe working 3S71 Coleham LMD to Coleham LMD 17/10/26 #class56 #grid #rhtt @ColasRailUK
Graeme Pickering retweeted
A major milestone for the @_ECDP!
The first-in-class retrofit of ETCS digital signalling on @GC_Rail's Class 180 fleet has now received authorisation, bringing high-speed, digitally signalled passenger services one step closer.
More 👉 ow.ly/SnKr51008RF
Graeme Pickering retweeted
Every autumn something sweet happens. My four cats realise the weather is changing & go into ‘winter mode’. Our girl cat, Coco, has the biggest change. Spring/summer she loses her thick coat & spends most of her time outside. Soon as the fire goes on in Oct she’s a fluffy lap cat
Graeme Pickering retweeted
Baxter is a male black cat, aged around 4-5 years old. He is looking for a new home as sadly he was left behind when his owner was evicted.
He has been looked after since by a cat charity and their friends, however as the colder months are now here, he would need a cosy warm home to call his own.
He is very friendly and stays close to his female carer. He will also eat anything, not fussy.
We have very limited information on Baxter due to the circumstances of his life.
He would make a great companion pet for someone who is on their own, no other pets or young kids - older children 9+ would be okay.
For more information or to offer Baxter a new home please email [email protected]
Graeme Pickering retweeted
When DCMS bothers to talk about public service media, 'supporting the UK's creative economy' is always an easy get on the bingo sheet. Recent White Paper gossip & muted reactions to more brutal BBC cuts suggests that support still starts and ends with nothing but bromides
Graeme Pickering retweeted
An 'end of film' shot but it has some historical value - ex-Works 43157 & 160 ready to leave Derby on 22/12/1983 on a 'back to back' test run (to Burton-on-Trent?). If all went well they'd be reunited with the trailer cars & go for another test run up to Darlington or Newcastle.
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Graeme Pickering retweeted
#ThrowbackThursday and ITV filming with Selina Scott at Berney Arms 05 Oct 2006- getting the outside TV team to this location was a bit fraught. Selina ended up stuck at Reedham station, and the TV crew on the A47 near Yarmouth with no mobile phone signal; we had to liaise with the RSPB and English Heritage, who were also part of the subject for 'A day at Berney Arms'. Let's just say that production started late!
